John DiLeo Discusses Everything Oscar on KYNT Radio

Yesterday classic film historian John DiLeo was a guest on “Alive at 5” hosted by David Leonard on KYNT radio. With the Academy Awards just days away, John DiLeo’s conversation is about everything Oscar. John DiLeo discusses Oscar history, about past wins and losses, how an Academy Award often reflects where we are as a culture at particular place in time, and how he feels the Academy is usually only right 50% of the time. Yes, DiLeo discusses the diversity issue facing the Academy as well as his Oscar predictions for 2016. You can listen to the entire interview here.

John DiLeo’s first book was And You Thought You Knew Classic Movies! (St. Martin’s, 1999; Hansen Publishing Group, 2013), hailed by Pauline Kael as “the smartest movie quiz book I’ve ever seen.” His second book was 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember But Probably Don’t (Limelight Editions, 2002), which Adolph Green called “a valuable and touching work.” TCM host Robert Osborne said, in the Hollywood Reporter, that the book “delightfully throws the spotlight on some remarkable film work,” and the Washington Post’s reaction was, “Not only is this helpful criticism, but 100 Great Film Performances can serve as balm for anyone who has ever been disgruntled by the Academy’s choices on Oscar night.” Turner Classic Movies devoted a night of prime-time programming to films featured in John’s third book, Screen Savers: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (Hansen Publishing Group, 2007). His fourth film book, Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors (Hansen Publishing Group, 2010), led to his presentations and panels at the Tennessee Williams festivals in Provincetown and New Orleans. Show Business Weekly called John’s fifth book, Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, “witty, clever and perceptive and a must for movie buffs.”

Books by John DiLeo